S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will require a permanent internet connection

DSOGaming writes: "In a recent interview, Sergey Grigorovich revealed something that passed under the radar of all PC gamers. The head of GSC Game World stated that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will require a permanent internet connection when he was asked about the game’s copy protection."

[dangert12]

was going to buy it not now

[Mr_Lu_Kim]

thepiratebay.org says hello...

If the DRM gives me the shiz, i'll pirate like I always do and play offline with every bonus that the game has to offer.

Also crack could just fix this.

At below... What? make sense no...

[Kostchtchie]

exactly, this connected to internet always is lul, why even bother with this shit time and money wasted, and people will stick it to them for this

[saladthieves]

These guys keep on implementing DRM thinking that they've got stuff under control...until 3 minutes after release someone's patched the game to work without DRM.

[AAWELLS09]

Jesus. What are two years old? Get over it debbie downer. Its not like it makes it a bad game.

[Brownghost]

im fine with these things since i have a reliable connection with no problems

[Solid_Snake-]

im buying this day 1.

my internet is plugged in 24/7 so no biggie.

[outwar6010]

what happens for whatever reason you connection goes down mid game...................

[MAJ0R]

honest consumer: oh man that sucks, I buy the game legally and get slapped in the face

pirate: hehe I has crack so DRM is useless

[ATi_Elite]

I don't know about a Crack this time around! He said a lot of the game will be on the server and downloaded as you progress.

A crack only bypasses the online check and not the "other stuff". May need a good set of "Keys" to get info from the server.

anyway too much of a hassles just save up the cash and go buy it!! It's more than worth it.

*I'm being coy as to not give away too much info and some of what i said is wrong on purpose but those in the know get the picture*

[TheGameFoxJTV]

thats even worse. You have to download as you play?!! That's a terrible idea. What if you have a bad connection? SMH

[Soldierone]

Simplest of ideas would be to have someone "hack" it and save the data as they play. Then release the data all at once.

For me its not a matter of buying it, its a matter of actually being one of the people that buy it, yet I'm the one being punished. Fact is its going to get hacked one way or another. Those that hack it will be able to play it at college, at work, on vacation, on trips etc...meanwhile I just have to hope there is an internet connection....

[ATi_Elite]

Man if you got a cell phone or a laptop you can play it anywhere almost!

The U.S. has coast to coast cell phone service with free WiFi all over the place!

This always connected to the Internet DRM is really no longer an issue!! I think people just make up more stupid excuses just to complain!

I prefer the Pubs/Devs take steps to end piracy instead of using it as an excuse to make CRAPPY games.

[byeGollum]

Pc gaming is awesome ... DRM is icing in the cake..

[Orpheus]

Your N4G name suits you :-).

[byeGollum]

My Precious suits us better .. ehehe

[ATi_Elite]

I do not care if i gotta have GSC Game World Executive stand over my shoulder while I play STALKER2 i'm getting it!

STALKER is tied for my favorite game of all time with the HL series!

STALKER got pirated all to hell in Russia so I can see why GSC wants tighter security. Hell I even got an "early" Russian version of STALKER COP cause i didn't wanna wait 4 months for the U.S. version, Sorry but i wasn't gonna Friggin wait. (But i bought a retail U.S. version on Day 1)

So this time around people know how great STALKER is and GSC deserves every dime they can get so they can continue making AAA quality innovative great games like STALKER!

"Get out of here STALKER"

[MAJ0R]

if they want DRM they should use steam... plain and simple

[Mr_Lu_Kim]

As long as they polish it this time.

I love the STALKER series to death, I even have the BETA builds of SOC but I do get sick of how much better 3rd party mods make the games. You would think that by COP they would have implemented some of these ground breaking mods to the game but no. I also worry about it being gimped due to coming to the 360.

The complete mods form artist pavel made the games just so much better.

for anyone interested here is COP complete http://www.moddb.com/mods/c...

[ATi_Elite]

Is the Lost Alpha finally out? Where SOC was completely different if so how does it run?

[AAWELLS09]

I wanna see this game in action. I hope they show us something sometime soon.

[earbus]

Lets all whinge about everything in the world wow,get over it.

[digger18]

I don't care. Stalker games are just awesome. I'm playing Stalker Call of Pripyat with the complete mod at this very moment.

[TheGameFoxJTV]

So, you're playing a game, and surfin N4G at the same time? How?

[Etseix]

Magic fingers my friend.

[ninjahunter]

Steam has a web browser built into the overlay. just hit Shift+tab while playing a game in your steam library (you can add non steam games). Brings up the steam community and a web browser.Free win

[Brownghost]

multitasking just switch out post a comment and go back to playing.

[Raider69]

people dont go on this kind of BS!They want to start a trend just like EA has done it online codes an online pass,dont support this BS because them they are all going the same route and we are the ones paying for the piracy problem
!

[Theo1130]

Don't care, Love Stalker, Playing it no matter what.

[Ducky]

I love stalker too... but part of that love is due to mods.
... and this DRM decision kind of has me torn.

I'll wait for more details, but this online authentication better not interfere with mod support.

[caboose32]

Stalker is just that game where I would play no matter what DRM is included and not care, as long as mods are supported.

[Voxelman]

this is a real bummer, but I can't see myself not buying S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2

[caboose32]

Yea it sucks that they are going this route with DRM, but in the end it wont stop me from buying the game. As long as the PC is the lead platform and it lives up to the greatness of the previous titles then I will have no choice but to get this game.

[Brownghost]

yah im fine with it as well. Hope its really improved than its predecessors and improve the graphics fix the most of its bugs

[Orpheus]

Hopefully this leads on PC. The developers have stated that already, but ill hold back my opinion till they release any PC screenshot.

[pucpop]

I don't have internet. No sale.

[Brownghost]

how'd you post this then?

[Brownghost]

im getting metro last light

[Plagasx]

Don't give a flying fuck. Still buying the game.

[pucpop]

Using free WiFi at Pizza Express on my phone Brownghost. Thanks but no thanks:

[Derpy]

I enjoyed Stalker COP, but won't be getting this. I decided back when Ubisoft started pulling this crap, I wouldn't buy any single player game that did this. There's enough good games out there from companies that don't do this so it's not really a problem to just go without the games of the companies that do.